It’s winter, last evening we had our first snowfall of the year. It was not a heavy snow but it was followed by verrrry cold weather, is there a better way to warm up than having some nice hot soup? Below is one of my favorites:

Creamy Potato Soup

Yields 4 servings

Ingredients:

8 medium potatoes, mashed

1/4 cup margarine

1/2 cup flour

6 cups soy milk

2 teaspoons chicken bouillon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Parsley and basil for garnish

Directions

Peel, cube, boil, drain and mash.

In separate pan, melt butter, add flour and cook while stirring for about a minute or so.

Add half the milk and stir until lumps are out of flour mixture.

Add remaining milk and on med-high heat, bring to a boil.

Stir almost constantly or it will scorch.

After boiling, turn heat off and add the mashed potatoes.

Sprinkle some parsley and basil, serve.

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Warm the olive oil and garlic in a medium cooking pot. When the garlic has coloured slightly, add the leeks. Saute over a low heat for 20 minutes, adding water as necessary to keep the vegetables from turning brown.

Stir in the stock and puréed tomatoes and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes.

Turn off the heat and add the bread, pushing it into the liquid with a wooden spoon. Stir in the torn basil leaves and season to taste with salt and pepper. Leave to rest for 30 minutes.

Now whisk the soup energetically until it has a porridge-like consistency. Taste and adjust the seasoning.